Allagash Fishery Part of 50th Anniversary Celebration
[caption id="attachment_1758" align="alignright" width="329"] IFW Fisheries Biologist Derrick Cote is down in one of the chambers of the Churchill Dam fishway, scooping out fish to weigh and measure[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1766" align="alignleft" width="227"]
Echo Lake Togue and Salmon Continue To Thrive
[caption id="attachment_1745" align="alignright" width="568"] IFW's Tom Barrows holds a hefty 35-inch wild togue from Echo Lake in Fayette. The togue was measured, weighed and released.[/caption] The bios in Region B have been busy on central Maine lakes recently, keeping an eye on salmon and lake trout growth in Echo Lake.
Biologists Research Migratory Patterns Of Coastal Stream Brook Trout
[caption id="attachment_1603" align="alignright" width="455"] IFW fisheries biologists electrofish a small coastal stream looking for brook trout. Students from the St. George School Summer Science Camp and members of Merrymeeting TU also helped out.[/caption] Salters, or sear run brook trout, possess a certain mystique.
Brook Trout Flourish In Little Moxie Pond After Removing Suckers, Shiners
[caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignright" width="578"] Removing the suckers and shiners from a native trout pond allow the brook trout to flourish.[/caption] Wonder what can happen when you remove nearly two tons of suckers and shiners from a small, 73-acre native trout pond? Brook trout flourish. Fisheries management can take many different forms.
IFW, TU and Audubon Are Looking For Volunteer Anglers
[caption id="attachment_1450" align="alignright" width="359"] Maine is one of the last strongholds for eastern brook trout.[/caption] Augusta, Maine -- Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) are seeking volunteer anglers to survey remote Maine ponds and coastal streams for brook trout this fishing season.
Installing Better Stream Crossing Structures Benefits Fisheries and Wildlife
[caption id="attachment_1398" align="alignright" width="514"] A half culvert like this one, place on cement footings, allows for a natural stream bottom that allows for the passage of fish and other species.[/caption] By Joe Wiley, IFW Wildlife Biologist Landowners, bo
Big Fish and Kids Opportunities Highlight Rangeley Area Ice Fishing Season
[caption id="attachment_1381" align="aligncenter" width="842"] New opportunities for young anglers in the Rangeley Lakes Region had many kids out ice fishing this past winter.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Dave Howatt
IFW Fisheries Biologists Improve Downeast Fishery
[caption id="attachment_1304" align="alignright" width="519"] A nice Molasses Pond brown trout that was caught this winter.[/caption] by Greg Burr, Regional Fisheries Biologist, Downeast Region
In the fall of 2010, fisheries biologists scientifically sampled Molasses Pond, a 1,252-acre water
Biologists Keep An Eye On Smelt In Moosehead Lake
[caption id="attachment_1276" align="alignright" width="598"] These three different-sized smelt represent three different age classes.[/caption] How can one tiny fish be the key to so many larger fish? The rainbow smelt may be diminutive in size but its impact is huge.
Ice Fishing for Brook Trout in Central and Southern Maine
By Jason Seiders, Regional Fisheries Biologist, Belgrade Lakes Region The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife stocks thousands of brook trout each year to provide ice anglers with an opportunity to catch Maine’s heritage fish, without needing to stray too far from home.
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